IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Badrul ChowdhuryEditor-in-Chief

IEEE PowerTech 2019, Milan, Italy, June 26, 2019

OUTLINE� Scope of IEEE TSTE� Topics of Interest� Technical areas seeing significant growth of interest� Popular papers on Explore� Editorial Board� Selection of Editors� IEEE TSTE Impact factor and submission statistics� TSTE statistics: top countries submitting papers� IEEE TSTE paper submission and review statistics� Editor-in-Chief workflow� Editor workflow� Issues of concern

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SCOPE OF IEEE TSTE

� Aimed at disseminating results of research on sustainable energy that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences energy generation, transmission, distribution and delivery. The journal publishes original research on theories and development on principles of sustainable energy technologies and systems.

� A joint publication of PES, IAS, IES, and PELS� Quarterly publication, started in 2010� Hybrid journal (open access option selected

by author)

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TOPICS OF INTEREST

� PV, Wind energy, Biomass, Geothermal Electricity, Small Hydro Design and Applications, Solar Thermal Electricity, Tidal and Wave Energy, OTEC

� Battery and Storage, including EV� Energy Efficiency� Grid Interaction of Sustainable Energy Sources, including power electronic applications� Carbon Capture from Power Generation, and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.� CHP� Fuel Cells

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TECHNICAL AREAS SEEING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OF INTEREST

� BESS applications in the grid to counter operational issues created by variable gen.� EV energy management and impact on grid� Solar/wind forecasting to improve grid operations� Energy management and control in microgrids� Modeling and control of solar and wind energy resources to improve system stability� Advanced control of inverters for improved operation� CHP dispatch� Co-optimization of electricity and natural gas systems

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POPULAR PAPERS ON EXPLORE

� Battery Energy Storage Station (BESS)-Based Smoothing Control of Photovoltaic (PV) and Wind Power Generation Fluctuations

� Probabilistic Analysis of Plug-In Electric Vehicles Impact on Electrical Grid Through Homes and Parking Lots� Integrated Modeling and Assessment of the Operational Impact of Power-to-Gas (P2G) on Electrical and Gas

Transmission Networks� Probabilistic Solar Irradiance Forecasting by Conditioning Joint Probability Method and Its Application to Electric

Power Trading� Robust Energy Management for Microgrids With High-Penetration Renewables� Optimal Real-Time Operation Strategy for Microgrid: An ADP-Based Stochastic Nonlinear Optimization Approach� A Two-Stage Robust Reactive Power Optimization Considering Uncertain Wind Power Integration in Active

Distribution Networks� Combined Central and Local Active and Reactive Power Control of PV Inverters� Improved Low Voltage Grid-Integration of Photovoltaic Systems in Germany� Control of PMSG-Based Wind Turbines for System Inertial Response and Power Oscillation Damping

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EDITORIAL BOARD

Board Composition: 54 members16 North Am.; 7 South Am.; 12 Europe11 Asia; 3 Middle-East; 5 Australasia(46 M; 8 F)

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SELECTION OF EDITORS

� Applications initiated:� By invitation – EIC invites scholars in specific areas of need

� By introduction – prospective candidates contact EIC with CV

� Selections made based on:� Prior experience with journals in various capacities:� Editor

� Reviewer

� Author

� Geographic and gender diversity

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IEEE TSTE IMPACT FACTOR AND SUBMISSION STATISTICS

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TSTE STATISTICS: TOP COUNTRIES SUBMITTING PAPERS

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China 23%

India 14%

USA12%Iran

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UK5%

Australia 5%

Canada 4%

Brazil 2%

Singapore 2%

Portugal 2%

Denmark 2%

Spain 2%

ROW20%

COUNTRY SUB

China 299India 190USA 157Iran 95UK 66Australia 62Canada 51Brazil 30Singapore 29Portugal 28Denmark 27Spain 20ROW 259TOTAL 1,313

ROW: Egypt, Turkey, Hong Kong, Japan, France, Korea, South Africa, Germany, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Taiwan, etc.

PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW STATISTICS – 2019 (TO DATE)

Information based on manuscripts with a final decision date of between Jan 1, 2019 and May 31, 2019.

� Days to First Decision (All Manuscripts): 51.79 (Target: 45 days)

� Statistics by Manuscript Type (Final Decisions Only):

Number of papers submitted 523

Total accepted 76

Accept percentage 14.5

Total rejected 447

Reject percentage 85.5

Avg. days to final decision 64.7

Median days to final decision 44

Max. days to final decision 53611

Some manuscripts fall

through the cracks!

Clearly, this is an

anomaly.

PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW STATISTICS – 2018

Information based on manuscripts with a final decision date of between Jan 1, 2018 and Dec 31, 2018.

Number of papers submitted 1219

Total accepted 255

Accept percentage 20.9

Total rejected 964

Reject percentage 79.1

Avg. days to final decision 83.2

Median days to final decision 55

Max. days to final decision 470

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TSTE PAPER REVIEW STATISTICS: WEEKS TO ONLINE POST

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TimeframeNumber of

Articles Included

Average Weeks Submitted

to Online Post

Median Weeks Submitted

to Online Post

Q1 2019 63 33.7 30.6

Q4 2018 69 30.7 27.3

Q3 2018 69 33.3 31.5

Q2 2018 64 32.4 31.7

Q1 2018 58 34.2 30.8

Q4 2017 72 31 29.3

Q3 2017 52 31.6 28.7

Q2 2017 52 29.2 26.6

Q1 2017 37 32.3 28.9

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WORKFLOW

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Allocate paper to

Editor

Agrees

Consulting Editor #1 agrees/disagrees with EIC

Consulting Editor #1 receives manuscript with

comments from EIC

EIC decides if paper is technical deficient

Consulting Editor #2 is invited to review the

paper

Disagrees

NO

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Admistrative Reject

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EDITOR WORKFLOW

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Editor invites several reviewers from reviewer data base

At least two independent reviews are obtained; average is three reviews

EIC makes final

decision on

manuscript

Editor makes recommendation of:(a) Accept without change(b) Revise and resubmit(c) Reject; do not resubmit

Target: 45

days for 1st

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Target: 28

weeks for

sub to e-

pub

Editor receives paper

from EIC

ISSUES OF CONCERN

� Editors� Getting quality reviews (IEEE requires at least two reviews – bare minimum!)� Managing reviewer response (overdue reviewers)

� Authors� Complaints about peer review comments� Seeking re-submission after rejection

� Reviewers� Overburdened

� Publishers� Annual page budget� Open access vs. traditional publishing

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Thank Youfor your attention!

b.Chowdhury@uncc.edu

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Acknowledgment: Ms. Cheryl Koster and Ms. Kristin Mecsey of IEEE